Unusual Energy Felt At Mid-State House

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By Nick Beres

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Strange things happen to those who enter one Mid-state house. Invisible fire ants bite your feet. Fillings in your teeth throb with pain. Then there's the mysterious light.

The invisible field of pure energy in a Clarksville family's backyard can do some shocking things. A fluorescent light bulb was almost fully illuminated with no batteries and no plug.

Mike Virtue and his family enjoyed spending time in their backyard, but that was before he said crews removed three large trees. Mike said the trees provided a buffer, and he noticed when they were gone.

"Even in sneakers - cutting grass or playing back here, it felt like I was getting bit by red ants," said Mike.

Strange things started happening in the backyard. Friends complained metal fillings in their mouths started to ache.

Mike said his camera took some photographs catching bright, colorful streaks not visible to the naked eye.

"It looks like lightning, it looks baby lightning," said homeowner Derrica Virtue.

No one knew what to think. Then they listened to the noise, and they looked up at the high power lines.

A TriField meter measures an electric-magnetic field or EMF. In the backyard the needle pushed 100 Mgs, enough as NewsChannel 5 saw to actually light a fluorescent bulb in someone's hand.

"I'm terrified - terrified for my kids," said Derrica.

Derrica is a mother of three healthy children, including an infant. The power lines are about 100 feet away in the backyard. Still there's a constant energy reading inside her home of about a 10 on the electro magnetic gauge.

Some experts said anything above a five when it comes to long-term exposure inside a home could be too much.

"It's strong and I'm worried about my kids," said Derrica.

Nearly 40,000 articles have been published on the topic over the past three decades.

The TVA web states: "Scientists and doctors have found no testable hypothesis ... by which power fields can cause adverse health effects."

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health finds: "Many studies report small increases in the rate of leukemia or brain cancer in groups of people living or working in high magnetic fields."

The World Health Organization reports "gaps in knowledge about biological effects exist and need further research."

All 8-year-old Andrew knows is he's staying away from the backyard and a trampoline he said does more than just bounce him into the air.

"I'd just usually go like this and a spark would hit me," said Andrew.

The family plans to move.

"I'm afraid we can't sell the house because nobody wants to buy a house with a power line biting at their feet," said Mike.

The TVA is not to blame for the backyard because the power lines were there first.

The Virtue's, who are not the original owners, blame the builder who put the home too close to the power lines.

They said their realtor never told them anything about a problem with an electro magnetic field.

The Virtue's said they never thought about the power lines, but when they bought the home, there were three large trees in the backyard to absorb much of the energy. Once the trees were removed, that's when the problems started.

Email: nberes@newschannel5.com